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Yandex incorrectly marked a site as malware or fraud!

Opera does not provide its own malware blacklists. You can see which list provider has detected the malware by clicking the “Why was this page blocked?” link on the warning page in Opera. You can report it to most list providers if you believe it to be a mistake. If the list provider that has…

A website is incorrectly blocked as dangerous!

You are seeing the “Fraud warning page” because the page you want to visit is listed as dangerous on some blacklists. Opera does not maintain its own phishing, fraud, or malware blacklist. The blacklists are provided by several partners, such as PhishTank and APWG for phishing and fraud, and Yandex for malware. If you think…

Dangerous websites are not blocked!

Opera does not maintain its own phishing, fraud, or malware blacklist. If you feel that our browser failed to recognize a fraudulent or malicious website, you can contact the following companies to have the URL added to their blacklists (after they have tested the sites). Opera will then use the updated blacklists as soon as…

Some websites do not work in Extreme Savings mode

This is not an exploitable security issue, or even not related to security at all. It cannot be used by a remote attacker in order to abuse Opera users. To use that website, you need to disable “Extreme” Data Savings mode. Go to the Opera menu > Data savings > and select either “None” or…

Login problems occur on other websites

Unfortunately, you have reported this problem to the wrong company. We do not own the websites that you visit (except opera.com) and we cannot control your accounts on those websites. If you are having problems with your account on a website, please contact the owners of that website.

Facebook login problems occur, e.g. banned user

Unfortunately, you have reported this problem to the wrong company. We cannot control your Facebook account nor the problems that occur on Facebook. If you are having problems with your Facebook account, please contact Facebook. Note that the Facebook website works best if you disable Extreme data savings mode in the Opera Mini menu.

Websites display fake virus warnings

Note that some websites may display fake virus warnings, hoping to convince you to download and install malware disguised as an anti-virus product, or hoping you will contact them and follow malicious instructions. If a website tells you that you have a virus, the warning is usually fake. If you think that your phone has…